Innes - Digital technologies PD - 19/03

WHAT

• Looked at a Merge Cube to look at things in 3D
• Played Eleven Up - a strategy game played collaboratively
• SAMA model: Substitution - doing something differently exactly the same way - e.g reading a book, typing a story, learning basic facts Augmentation when the Digital technology adds to the learning - e.g - listening to an audio book or a brainstorm that you can move around and manipulate. Using images. Spell Check. Modification - when you use digital components to add a new dimension. Kids recording themselves reading and listening to themselves doing it or create a comic. Redefinition - doing something that wouldn't be possible to do if the technology wasn't there.

SO WHAT/NOW WHAT

Eleven up would be a great game to promote collaboration and problem solving opportunities. This would be ideal during Maths Entree times. What other games are there that could promote this same thinking?

SAMA model - Focusing on modification and redefinition - using Book Creator to give students an opportunity to create a story about our school, such as around our school values. This would be a great opportunity for students to show their understanding through a different medium and create something new and unique